Opis: Emergency Nursing Secrets - Linda J. Scheetz, Jane Koziol-McLain, Kathleen S. Oman

Using the popular question-and-answer format of "The Secrets" series, this helpful resource offers practical tips, answers, and secrets from expert emergency nurses. Chapters include concepts that inform emergency nursing practice, including patient advocacy, family involvement, collaborative practice, patient teaching, ethical decision-making, and evidence-based practice. The nuts and bolts of emergency nursing are addressed in 35 chapters on topics such as, triage, disaster management, abdominal pain, respiratory distress, shock, spinal cord injury, and burns to name just a few. From caring for a woman who suffers a miscarriage to balancing the competing priorities during trauma resuscitation, to making changes that better the plight of the undeserved, these nurses have captured the knowledge, enthusiasm, and heart of what emergency nursing is all about.I. Practice Topics - 1. Triage; 2. Disaster Management; 3. Pain Management; 4. Death and Dying in the Emergency Department; 5. Self-Care for the Caregiver; 6. Keeping Safe; 7. Case Management; 8. Risk Management II. Chief Complaints - 9. Headache; 10. Seizures; 11. Stroke; 12.Eye Problems; 13. Chest Pain; 14. Respiratory Distress; 15. Abdominal Pain; 16. Environmental Emergencies; 17. Ingestions and Poisonings; 18. Psychiatric Emergencies; 19. Non-urgent Problems III. Trauma Care -20.Mechanism of Injury; 21. Shock; 22. Head and Face Trauma; 23. Thoracic & Neck Trauma; 24. Abdominal Trauma; 25. Spinal Trauma; 26. Musculoskeletal Trauma; 27. Burns; 28. Trauma During Pregnancy; 29. Pediatric Trauma; 30. Psychosocial Aspects of Trauma IV. Special Populations - 31. Pregnant Women; 32. Seniors; 33. Infants and Children; 34. Underserved Patients; 35. Abused and Neglected Patients

Szczegóły: Emergency Nursing Secrets - Linda J. Scheetz, Jane Koziol-McLain, Kathleen S. Oman

Tytuł: Emergency Nursing Secrets
Autor: Linda J. Scheetz, Jane Koziol-McLain, Kathleen S. Oman
Producent: Hanley
ISBN: 9781560534501
Rok produkcji: 2000
Ilość stron: 272
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.4 kg

Recenzje: Emergency Nursing Secrets - Linda J. Scheetz, Jane Koziol-McLain, Kathleen S. Oman